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June 27, 2014
Review: The Gifts Of Imperfection - Brene Brown
Title: The Gifts Of Imperfection
Let Go Of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.
Author: Brene Brown
Published: 2010
Publisher: Hazelden
Pages: 137
Price: £11.50 at time of posting ( PurchaseHERE)
USA : $8.47 at time of posting (PurchaseHERE)
Genre: Self Help/ Emotional Health
This book was on my reading bucket list.
Brene brings a different slant to the self-help arena and brings us home to our humanity, which I much prefer in self-help books. As a writer and research p...
June 22, 2014
Top 10 Tips on Setting Boundaries
1. Start to see your 'No's as an affirmative 'Yes' to your life! Every time you allow someone to cross a personal boundary you are giving them permission to keep on doing 'whatever' they are doing and saying to yourself that you do not deserve better.
2. Remember you are not being mean to anyone by setting boundaries. When you don't set boundaries you are being mean to yourself instead. It is a great self-kindness to say: "No I do not accept 'this' anymore"....
June 20, 2014
Boundaries and Soft Centres - The Wisdom Of Woodlouse
Anyone who has spent a lot of time trying to please others in their lives will always come to a point where it no longer works and they have the choice ofcontinuingto people please or saying 'no' so lifecan give us more affirmative reasons to say 'yes'.Stopping people pleasing can be a slow gradual process, we say no in many areas of our lives and begin to be more our authentic selves. Yet some areas may still prove challenging to us.
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June 13, 2014
Embracing Material Poverty While Awakening To Abundance
There is that well known saying 'sometimes things need to get worse before they get better'. As some of you know I have been questioning reality since 1999, writing this blog since 2007 and coming back to what truly matters, being authentic, embracing 'what is' and being more deeply present in my world.
For the first time in what feels like a decade, I am feeling creatively rich, I am feeling inspired, I am feeling better about who I am than I have ever felt before. At the mome...
June 6, 2014
Green People Scent Free Sun Lotion for Sensitive Skin & Rosacea - REVIEW
Finding sun lotion for my rosacea skin has been such a trial in the past. I have tried many different types, from natural sun lotions to more chemical rich lotions meant for sensitive skin, and most of them cause further flair ups and increase my sensitivity. Generally when I go into the sun, if I sunbathe, my skin goes red almost immediately. I get this sore burning feeling and people often comment 'Oh Kelly you are really sunburnt',when I may have been sitting there 5-10 minutes. So...
May 31, 2014
Rosacea and Shame
As a teenager I had quite bad acne, but rosacea did not come until my late twenties after my father died. I know that many people try to treat rosacea with a chemical or cream-based approach, and I did the same for some time so desperate was I to be rid of this condition. Alas nothing worked consistently until I realised that rosacea is not simply a 'one-size fits all' condition.I am in my late thirties now and I've found something that seems to be helping a lot. It's a combin...
May 23, 2014
Embracing Uncertainty
Life is one big uncertainty. No-one can go through life without experiencing uncertainty.
From life changes like jobs ending, to people dying, to relationships changing, to the general uncertainty of not knowing what direction to take in life, being human comes with the experience of uncertainty.
Now the difference between those who embrace it and those that don't, shows in the coping mechanisms of those who are unwilling to embrace uncertainty.
Trying to create security through life insuran...
